Muhammad Shahrur interprets them as the people of legislative authority, not executive rulers. Their importance in the source lies in defining the locus of obedience: obedience is to the law, not to the holder of the means of coercion.
- Ulu al-Amr as legislative authority
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
- Book entities
- Uli al-Amr in the lexicon
- The civil state, religion, and authority
Cross-book concept: See Uli al-Amr for the unifying theme across the books.